Jen
Do you have any idea what holiday I celebrated yesterday? The ladies got a lot of lovin'!
So, I've been busy. I'm working on updating my resume today - a job which I truly despise. I never know exactly how to write in "resume talk" - you know, make things seem really important and official. However, I have to update my resume today (it's really the only day I have time) and have it printed out for our trip to Los Angeles this Friday. I figured I'd get a head start in the job category by dropping of my resume and attempting to set up some interviews for July. I really, REALLY do not want to transfer to a Los Angeles Gap (which would be my saving grace if I can't get a real job between now and when we finally move) so I'm hoping this might help.
Right when we get back from our trip, we have to prepare for two parties:
1) Crapple! Remember this party from the first time we moved back in '04? Really only one big thing has changed since then: Becky and Greg are married (and no longer write on this blog, though I hope they think about it sometimes). Since I am lazy and too busy to be creative, we are using the same invite as the '04 party. Only now the address is different and the party is on June 16th. Drop me a comment if you want to come!
2) Matt's graduation party! Matt is receiving his Masters in Composition and Rhetoric from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences from DePaul University on June 17th. We are having the whole family back at our place afterwards. It's going to be a crazy weekend!
Here are my top 5 songs from the May Gap soundtrack:
1) Sea Legs - The Shins. Matt calls this their "big bucks" song because it's on their new commercially backed album and it's more produced than other songs. I think it might be one of the best Shins songs I have ever heard.
2) Fidelity - Regina Spektor. We had "On the Radio" on the soundtrack a couple months ago which I also really liked.
3) I'm Shakin' - Rooney. I pretty much thought that these guys dropped off the planet some time back in '04 but apparently they have a new album out. Although Rooney is a little too "candy pop" for me, some songs on the album, "I'm Shakin'" and the fantastic song "Blueside" (which I wish was on the soundtrack) are really very mature songs.
4) Dashboard - Modest Mouse. I can't help but be a little disappointed that they play Modest Mouse at the Gap, but it's nice to hear a song I actually enjoy.
5) Ruby- The Kaiser Chiefs.* It's on for the second month now, but I still look forward to hearing it.
Guilty Pleasure:
I have this strange fascination with Pink for whatever reason. But she really sings so well! Anyway, I hate the fact that I like "Feel Good Time' but I do. So there.
posted by Jen @ 11:48 AM
1 Comments:
I've heard the Shins' "Phantom Limb" compared over and over again to the Beach Boys, mainly, I guess, because of the harmony. "Sea Legs" definitely has a more unique sound...and a really unusually beat.
That video by Regina Spektor has been getting quite a bit of airplay on both MTV and VH1, at least at the time I'm usually getting up for work (about 4am-ish). Of the many waif-like voices out there, hers is one that seems like it has a bit of potential power behind it. And, once again, her sound is quite unique.
Modest Mouse...hmmmm...to be honest, when I heard them do "Float On" live on SNL, I thought they were a bunch of no-talent bums. But the more I hear them, the more I like them. I think "Dashboard" is a pretty darn good tune.
I liked "Ruby" so much, I listened to snippets from the rest of their "...Angry Mob" album and ended up buying it. Which is unusual for me. I usually wait until a group has been around long enough to put out a "greatest hits" compilation. But...I really do like the Kaiser Chiefs.
Pink? Yeah...she DOES have a great voice. And whether it's because she's a little bit sexy or a little bit goofy...when her videos come on, I can't take my eyes off of her. She's quite a show-person.
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